Studio 5 Book Arts

34 Fellows and Licentiates of Designer Bookbinders are producing a collection of designed boards to be housed in a specially made wooden pre...

As the new year is behind us the bench begins to fill with work. Gilbert and George is well on the way with initial dye stuffs on and then c...

Working on a number of different projects, some big and some small. More news when I have time.....

Evenings in the pub (The Red Lion Barnes) open fires and my second biggest critic inspecting a pint of Porter ! Now that the seasonal break ...

Happy Christmas and a good to new year from Studio 5.

A fantastic book, full of colour, full of some of the most influential work produced in the 20th century and beyond. A signed edition that c...

Ally, the gold leaf was applied with a mix of PVA and a rice starch paste... simple.

Images coming very soon.

Lysistrata is very nearly finished, just the box to finish... Hope to have images up very soon.

So yesterday I was in Studio 2 printing the Doublers for Lysitrata. The print technique is soft plate off-set and is fun if a little unpredi...

Snow, wonderful stuff. Lysistrata, now that the outside is completed work can begin on the inside. The leather joints are down just in-fill ...

As the gold leaf is removed the lady begins to come through. The dynamic pose, the gesture. I really like this look, the gold looks worn, si...

Not the perfect day for laying down the gold leaf but I want to crack on with the job. Finding all the gold leaf cushions in the studio and ...

Once the blue dye had dried out I was able to continue with the other areas. Quick brush strokes to give movement and energy. Next will be t...

With all the blind tooling done and Black Line work finished the first of the dyes are applied to the cover. In this case a touch of red and...

With Lysistrata I am making my own tools. They are simple and not so expensive so i am not worried about altering them to create new shapes....

Now that the fair goat is on the book the application of the design begins. I have transferred the out line of the design to the book and am...

Okay, I've shown you mine, now show me yours...